Monday, May 02, 2011

Website update coming Wednesday

Get ready for a new look and experience on Geocaching.com beginning this Wednesday, May 4. Geocaching.com will go offline for four to six hours on the 4th beginning approximately 8 a.m. Central time. Lackeys will be upgrading the database server to improve site performance. Groundspeak will also be releasing the latest website update, which includes a sleek new design and interface for the homepage. Here's a video sneak peak of what to expect.

2 comments:

It's kind of weird to me at the moment. Almost like I'm stumbling threw the website cause it's all changed. I like most of it, but the one thing I dislike about this update is the new width of pages. Mainly the width of the cache write up page, I haven't been to all my listings yet, but kind of worried now I may have some jpeg that I linked to via html that may be too wide now.

Just seems like there is a lot of wasted space on each side. Other than that I think it's got a clean look to it. :)

While this is a "new" and more "sleek" design, It has not made anything more user friendly. It just jumbled things up a bit in my opinion and for as big of a deal they were making out of it - I was expecting a LOT more. I also have a love hate relationship with the new maps...

What others are saying about this blog

...it's interesting to know how people who approve caches think. Glad I came across your blog and I'll be watching for more!

Posted by justjohn, June 18, 2008:

I've just begun my foray into Geocaching here in Okinawa, Japan, and I was looking for a blog like this to help me.Your tips include things that I never would have thought of, even after reading the FAQ on geocaching.com Thanks again!

About Me

I've been geocaching since Feb. 2001, and I've been a reviewer since 2003. As a reviewer, I started out using the ID WGA2, but other reviewers have since used that ID for approving caches in Wisconsin so I started a new ID (IowaAdmin) in July 2005. My "regular" IDs are kbraband (for solo geocaching) and active2gether (for caches I find with my wife). While some reviewers believe in hiding their true identities, I don't do that. I believe that by working together with fellow geocachers to get caches approved according to the geocaching.com guidelines in a cordial and consistent manner, there should be no reason to keep my ID secret.